Infineon Highlights Key Trends at Embedded World 2026
Infineon Technologies is showcasing its latest innovations at the Embedded World 2026 conference. As a key industry event, announcements from major vendors like Infineon provide insight into the direction of microcontroller architectures, with expected focus on energy efficiency, edge AI integration, and enhanced hardware security for automotive and IoT.
- A key part of Infineon's automotive strategy is the new AURIX™ microcontroller family based on the RISC-V architecture, which was first announced at Embedded World 2025 to expand beyond its existing TriCore™ and Arm®-based offerings. - The latest generation of their established automotive microcontrollers, the AURIX™ TC4x series, is built on a 28nm process and features up to six TriCore™ 1.8 cores, a Parallel Processing Unit (PPU) for AI acceleration, and for the first time, virtualization technology to support next-generation vehicle architectures. - For IoT connectivity, Infineon's AIROC™ portfolio includes the CYW55513, a tri-band Wi-Fi 6/6E and Bluetooth® 5.4 combo chip, and the CYW43022 Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 5.3 combo, which reduces power consumption in "deep sleep" mode by up to 65%. - In response to increasing security mandates like the EU's Cyber Resilience Act, Infineon offers the OPTIGA™ Trust M, a hardware security controller with a CC EAL6+ certification that can speed up cloud connections by up to 10 times compared to software-only methods. - The PSoC™ 4 microcontroller family now includes "Multi-Sense" technology, which adds proprietary inductive and non-contact liquid sensing to its well-known CAPSENSE™ capacitive touch capabilities. - To address the growing need for on-device intelligence, the PSoC™ Edge family of microcontrollers is specifically designed to handle machine learning tasks, such as Face ID, by combining high-performance processing with a low-power, always-on domain. - The automotive-grade PSoC™ 4 S-Series has been upgraded to include the MSC CAPSENSE™ IP for improved noise immunity and touch sensing accuracy, along with options for a dedicated cryptography block and CAN-FD for higher-speed communication. - For advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and eMobility applications, the AURIX TC4x series supports high-speed communication interfaces such as 5 Gbps Ethernet, PCIe, and CAN-XL.
